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i spoke saturday with the russian minister of defense about this. we have also constantly been in touch, as i said, with our collaborators on our side of the atlantic ally, nato partners in particular on the issue. i was asked nato last week where i attended the regularly scheduled nato ministerial. we took a few hours to meet with the nato-ukraine commission. we had then the deputy minister of defense with us of ukraine and spent some time with him. across the administration, our efforts, as you know, mr. chairman, have been focused on deescalating prices, supporting the new ukrainian government with economic assistance, and reaffirming our commitment to eastern and central europe. i strongly support this administration's approach to this deescalation. as you all know, secretary kerry was in kiev yesterday. he's in paris today. he's schedule to meet with russian foreign minister today. there was a nato meeting yesterday. another nato meeting today. osce announced it is sending 35 observers to ukraine. the other forums that united states is part of
i spoke saturday with the russian minister of defense about this. we have also constantly been in touch, as i said, with our collaborators on our side of the atlantic ally, nato partners in particular on the issue. i was asked nato last week where i attended the regularly scheduled nato ministerial. we took a few hours to meet with the nato-ukraine commission. we had then the deputy minister of defense with us of ukraine and spent some time with him. across the administration, our efforts, as...
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she made her most extended defense, for instance, of the health care law. >> -- you insure your car. why? because you don't want something bad to happen to it, so insure yourself because, you know, you don't know whether something bad could happen to you. >> but earlier that same day, she did strike a note of caution on health care, saying this, quote, i think we're on the right track in many respects, but i would be the first to say if things aren't working, then we need people of good faith to come together and make evidence-based changes. now, republicans jumped on those comments by hillary clinton, but you should know she really didn't say anything different than what we've heard from president obama on fixes to the law. take a listen to this obama excerpt. >> -- in terms of winning back the confidence of the american people is just to work as hard as i can, identify the problems that we've got, make sure that we're fixing them, we're just going about to keep on chipping away at this until the job is done. >> almost word-for-word if you notice there. stumping for senate candidate
she made her most extended defense, for instance, of the health care law. >> -- you insure your car. why? because you don't want something bad to happen to it, so insure yourself because, you know, you don't know whether something bad could happen to you. >> but earlier that same day, she did strike a note of caution on health care, saying this, quote, i think we're on the right track in many respects, but i would be the first to say if things aren't working, then we need people of...
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democrat secretaries of defense, republican secretaries of defense, it doesn't matter. then you've got robert gates who served republican and democrats. what does he say? this is a matter of grave concern. i have zero tolerance for sexual assault. leon panetta under bill clinton, "we have absolutely no tolerance for any form of sexual assault. i take these allegations seriously. we have no place in the military for sexual assault." and then current secretary under president obama, chuck hagel, "it's not good enough to say we have a zero-tolerance policy. we do. but what does it mean? how does that translate into changing anything? i want to know. these crimes have no place, no place in the greatest military on earth." we all agree with that, but here's what this shows you. just look at this. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven secretaries of defense, republicans and democrats over all these years, the first one being dick cheney in 1992. they've all promised zero tolerance. and the problem of sexual assault in the military gets worse and worse and worse. so, senator
democrat secretaries of defense, republican secretaries of defense, it doesn't matter. then you've got robert gates who served republican and democrats. what does he say? this is a matter of grave concern. i have zero tolerance for sexual assault. leon panetta under bill clinton, "we have absolutely no tolerance for any form of sexual assault. i take these allegations seriously. we have no place in the military for sexual assault." and then current secretary under president obama,...
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clinton's secretary of defense from 2007 7 to 2001. william cohen, now chairman of the cohen group. good to see you. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> we just talked about infrastructure, people turn on the lights and they expect it to work. they turn on the tap and expect clean water to come out. same with military. a lot in social media said we can forward to cut a lot from the military and be fine. people don't seem to feel the daily impact of that. what is your thought. >> they don't feel the daily impact of it until something happens. there is growing instability in various parts of the world which may require the united states of having military commitment. congress has mandated a reduction a significant reduction, $500 million from the defense budget. under this two-year budget agreement with congress, $75 billion will be coming out of the defense budget. the question is how do you get it? you can reduce personnel which secretary hagel has propose: you can cut operations and maintenance which means you'
clinton's secretary of defense from 2007 7 to 2001. william cohen, now chairman of the cohen group. good to see you. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> we just talked about infrastructure, people turn on the lights and they expect it to work. they turn on the tap and expect clean water to come out. same with military. a lot in social media said we can forward to cut a lot from the military and be fine. people don't seem to feel the daily impact of that. what...
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the new lineup has 20 ministers from the old cabinet, including defense minister' del sisi he's widely expected to run for president this years a live look at preparations for the 86th annual academy a wards in los angeles. in just a couple of hours fans and stars will be arriving there for hollywood's biggest night. talk show hold ellen degeneres is hosting. favorites including american hustle, graph reu and 12 years a slave. those are the headlines think i am jonathan betz i will be back in an hour with more news, but up next the documentary toughest place taxi driver starts now for updates all day go to al jazerra doll come. have a good day. taxi driver to join the taxi wallahs in the indian megacity of mumbai. >> whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. big bus, big bus, big bus. what have i got myself into here, eh? >> he'll have to come to grips with some unusual driving conditions... >> jesus. >> too much problem if you are
the new lineup has 20 ministers from the old cabinet, including defense minister' del sisi he's widely expected to run for president this years a live look at preparations for the 86th annual academy a wards in los angeles. in just a couple of hours fans and stars will be arriving there for hollywood's biggest night. talk show hold ellen degeneres is hosting. favorites including american hustle, graph reu and 12 years a slave. those are the headlines think i am jonathan betz i will be back in...
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it's self-defense forces he says, not troops from russia controlling crimea. >> translator: self-defense forces created by the crimean residents don't take our command. as to the military of the black sea fleet, they are on their own bases. >> never mind the fact that only days ago, russian's foreign ministry admitted troops were in crimea. and late in the day, secretary of state john king met with lavrov and brought along the foreign minister in the hopes he could get them both to the table. russia refused. >> russia made a choice and we have clearly stated that we believe it is the wrong choice to move troops into crimea, russia can now choose to deescalate this situation and we are committed to working with russia and together with our friends and allies in an effort to provide a way for this entire situation to find the road to deescalation. >> there is breaking news tonight. we're learning exactly how the russian invasion came together. just pieces of information starting to form a clearer picture, whether there was a lot of advanced planning or whether the plan was launched really
it's self-defense forces he says, not troops from russia controlling crimea. >> translator: self-defense forces created by the crimean residents don't take our command. as to the military of the black sea fleet, they are on their own bases. >> never mind the fact that only days ago, russian's foreign ministry admitted troops were in crimea. and late in the day, secretary of state john king met with lavrov and brought along the foreign minister in the hopes he could get them both to...
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start your journey at capella.edu. >>> defense secretary warns that russian russians defense risks becoming a serious situation soon. >> as we look ahead of these developments you have the y ukraine military and now beare he hearing about power being shut off to a base. troops are close to each other in a volatile situation. what is the pentagon's view about this? >> the pentagon is absolutely adamant it doesn't want to talk about this at all. but the pentagon is going to have to start talking about it. senior administration official has said that russian forces now have kcomplete operational control of the peninsula. that makes this a full on military situation at this point. that means the russian military controls air, land and sea, as you said, the top naval official now essentially to the russian side. what does the pentagon do about it if they want to engage in the russian military as a way of engaging of pulling back. they don't know who may defect next to the russian side. controlling for that. that up to this point appears to be the russian goal and it looks like the u.s. has concl
start your journey at capella.edu. >>> defense secretary warns that russian russians defense risks becoming a serious situation soon. >> as we look ahead of these developments you have the y ukraine military and now beare he hearing about power being shut off to a base. troops are close to each other in a volatile situation. what is the pentagon's view about this? >> the pentagon is absolutely adamant it doesn't want to talk about this at all. but the pentagon is going to...
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defense budget, that we are now in the third year of deep cuts to u.s. defense spending. the consequence of these cuts is that since the president came into office in 2009, we were spending 3.7% of our economy on the base defense department budget. that number is now down to 2.8%. about a 1% reduction is a share of gdp increased spending for defense, which incidentally is the same level where we were on 9/11, 2001. so you can see how far we've fallen compared to what we were just a few years ago. what we are seeing today is harm immediately to u.s. readiness capabilities and to the long-term major reductions to sign the just forces, which when you look at a situation like this in europe, the idea that u.s. ground forces are irrelevant to be able to send a message about credible defense and to reach our allies. deter our adversaries, i think it would be -- is very clear. as a final point in terms of audiences, the president must use this opportunity to speak to the american people and explain our purpose in the world. a majority of americans now believe that the united sta
defense budget, that we are now in the third year of deep cuts to u.s. defense spending. the consequence of these cuts is that since the president came into office in 2009, we were spending 3.7% of our economy on the base defense department budget. that number is now down to 2.8%. about a 1% reduction is a share of gdp increased spending for defense, which incidentally is the same level where we were on 9/11, 2001. so you can see how far we've fallen compared to what we were just a few years...
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in the defense of marriage act we have been putting out reminders. we remind people when it is time to pay your estimated taxes. there is a tremendous amount of time spent reaching out trying to educate them as much as we can about the tax code as i somewhat facetiously said. it may take awhile for we can convince people. we do spend a significant amount of time doing what you're talking about. prior to and during the filing season we give people as much information as they can get. this year we are advising people not to call if you need to find of the budget refund. go to the website and push the tab. to london 50 million people get information. this year for the first time you can go to the website, authenticate you are and get transcripts of previous filings and print them out of home. you don't have to come to an assistance center. partially to the chairman's concern which is we can't just sit around and see what will we do. we spend a lot of time trying to say what information taxpayers need to mccall about, how much of that can we give them. w
in the defense of marriage act we have been putting out reminders. we remind people when it is time to pay your estimated taxes. there is a tremendous amount of time spent reaching out trying to educate them as much as we can about the tax code as i somewhat facetiously said. it may take awhile for we can convince people. we do spend a significant amount of time doing what you're talking about. prior to and during the filing season we give people as much information as they can get. this year...
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good to see you, and joining me, former head of the heritage foundation and former defense secretary. all right, peter, this is a delicate situation in many, many ways. we have a complicated situation here with russia, how far publicly can the president go when we need to be aligned with them on other issues? >> yeah, shannon, i mean, where is the reset button when you need it? you know, this administration's policy towards russia has been a failure. i think what the president could have done is come out earlier as you mentioned in your lead-in, too little, too late. there is some value in strategic ambiguity, you're trying to involve yourself in further diplomacy, this should have been done a long time ago. and unfortunately this administration, like so many other issues is behind the power curve. >> all right, we want to play a little bit about what charles krauthammerer said earlier, after watching the statement the president made from the white house. >> the ukrainians, and i think everybody is shocked by the white house and the fact we've done nothing of importance. >> what else
good to see you, and joining me, former head of the heritage foundation and former defense secretary. all right, peter, this is a delicate situation in many, many ways. we have a complicated situation here with russia, how far publicly can the president go when we need to be aligned with them on other issues? >> yeah, shannon, i mean, where is the reset button when you need it? you know, this administration's policy towards russia has been a failure. i think what the president could have...
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the legal defense fund had have a role and the case. eventually when he was the head of the legal defense fund they formally became his attorney. this was after the death penalty had been thrown out that there were still on going appeals trying to get it reinstated. he supervised the team that fought against the death penalty, which was never reinstated. >> the senate vote was 47-52 against moving forward with the nomination. that includes eight democratic senators. pennsylvania's two senators. what are we hearing about the motivation for the pennsylvania senators voting against cloture? >> in pennsylvania it -- you do not want to be on his side as a pennsylvania lawmaker. i don't think that's a difficult call for them. any appeal, anything defending him, strong opposition from law enforcement. democratic district attorney in philadelphia have also opposed his nomination is broken down on a. and so i think that it is a matter of pennsylvania lawmakers a want to be seen in any way at all to be on the side of a cop killer. >> ahead of the
the legal defense fund had have a role and the case. eventually when he was the head of the legal defense fund they formally became his attorney. this was after the death penalty had been thrown out that there were still on going appeals trying to get it reinstated. he supervised the team that fought against the death penalty, which was never reinstated. >> the senate vote was 47-52 against moving forward with the nomination. that includes eight democratic senators. pennsylvania's two...
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watching, johnny weir stood up for the spirit, or take this issue, all this from michael sam, the missouri defensive end who came out and is now expected to be the first openly gay professional football player, then there's jason collins, he came out in may. that's right, after 67 years from when jackie robinson broke baseball's color line in brooklyn, collins broke basketball's identity line in brooklyn. these athletes, these moments, i don't think they are just an uplifting aside to the political story, they are one of the drivers to the politics here because the historic discrimination of gay americans often left the nation unaware of so many great gay americans. from sports, to pop culture, america has more gay friends today than it's ever known before. joining us now to look at this, sarah kate ellis and dana liebelson. what do you make of the events and whether there's something bigger happening than just a veto in arizona? >> hi, good morning. i think what's happening, now gay people are a part of the american values system and we're included and i think we're seeing that in the south. we saw
watching, johnny weir stood up for the spirit, or take this issue, all this from michael sam, the missouri defensive end who came out and is now expected to be the first openly gay professional football player, then there's jason collins, he came out in may. that's right, after 67 years from when jackie robinson broke baseball's color line in brooklyn, collins broke basketball's identity line in brooklyn. these athletes, these moments, i don't think they are just an uplifting aside to the...
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in 2009, the legal defense fund began advocating for abu-jamal. first as amicus and then as cocounsel. now, to be clear, mr. president, every criminal defendant is entitled to an attorney. but adegbile's representation of abu-jamal was pure advocacy. abu-jamal's guilt was not in doubt. four eyewitnesses saw the shooting. abu-jamal's confessed and stated in front of three witnesses that he hoped that officer faulkner died. there was significant ballistic and forensic evidence. for example, the murder weapon was registered to abu-jamal and found at the scene with spent shell casings. and abu-jamal already had a team of high-priced lawyers working pro bono who had filed decades of posttrial petitions and appeals delaying the carrying out of of his sentence. under aadegbile'adegbile's -- ur adegbile's supervision, rallies and protests and media campaign all portrayed mumia abu-jamal an unrepentant cop killer as a political prisoner. for example, a 2011l.d.f. press release said, "abu-jamal is widely viewed as a symbol of the racial injustices of the de
in 2009, the legal defense fund began advocating for abu-jamal. first as amicus and then as cocounsel. now, to be clear, mr. president, every criminal defendant is entitled to an attorney. but adegbile's representation of abu-jamal was pure advocacy. abu-jamal's guilt was not in doubt. four eyewitnesses saw the shooting. abu-jamal's confessed and stated in front of three witnesses that he hoped that officer faulkner died. there was significant ballistic and forensic evidence. for example, the...
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terminals do deserve -- terminals do deserve appropriate legal counsel in their defense. the fact is, the trial had occurred decades ago. mumia abu-jamal had multiple high cost lawyers volunteering their time. he had plenty of lawyers. you did not need more lawyers. did was debo adegbile he decided to join a political cause. that is what he decided to do. that is what this was all about. by doing so, he demonstrated his own contempt for, and frankly, a willingness to undermine the criminal justice system of the united states. >> that was republican senator pat toomey a pennsylvania where mumia abu-jamal is in prison. johanna fernandez, can you talk about the campaign to oppose debo adegbile? what happened in the senate? i heard a lot from the opposition in this period of time leading up to the vote. i heard very little from groups supporting debo adegbile. >> so the campaign against debo was initiated by the fraternal order of police. it began when they wrote a letter to the president of the united states. it essentially demonized mumia abu-jamal and linked debo mumia's a
terminals do deserve -- terminals do deserve appropriate legal counsel in their defense. the fact is, the trial had occurred decades ago. mumia abu-jamal had multiple high cost lawyers volunteering their time. he had plenty of lawyers. you did not need more lawyers. did was debo adegbile he decided to join a political cause. that is what he decided to do. that is what this was all about. by doing so, he demonstrated his own contempt for, and frankly, a willingness to undermine the criminal...
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john roberts participated in his defense against being executed. but that didn't come up during hearings to confirm roberts to the supreme court, because a pillar of our justice system is that everyone is entitled to a defense, and the lawyer who defends a criminal shouldn't be treated like one. jonathan tamari covered this story for "the philadelphia enquirer." officer this was more than filing legal beliefs. the leadership fund volunteered to represent him despite the fact he had a team of lawyers working for him, and not only did they volunteer resources but the press releases made it clear they view him as a type of hero to your point. one of the things that troubles people is that jamal did have sort of a celebrity around him, i guess you could, a movement. but he wasn't a part of that. he was an attorney doing what attorneys do. is there any reticence on the part of the legal community in philadelphia that he's now being essentially punished for the sins of his client? >> wealth, i've heard from some attorneys, not necessarily in philadelphia
john roberts participated in his defense against being executed. but that didn't come up during hearings to confirm roberts to the supreme court, because a pillar of our justice system is that everyone is entitled to a defense, and the lawyer who defends a criminal shouldn't be treated like one. jonathan tamari covered this story for "the philadelphia enquirer." officer this was more than filing legal beliefs. the leadership fund volunteered to represent him despite the fact he had a...
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missle defense unit. they are trying to find a solution. we have reporters on the ground in ukraine, russia, and washington this morning covering all the angles. let's begin with cnn white house correspondent. what are you hearing from the white house this morning? >> reporter: nothing this early at this point. today john kerry is going to meet with his counter part, the russian foreign minister. leaders there are expressing concern at not seeing russia at this point at the table to talk about this situation. that talk between secretary kerry and the foreign minister, as far as we know at this point, is expected to go forward in a matter of hours. everyone is hoping that that does continue. but the views between the u.s. and russia have sharply die verged at this point over what has happened and continues to happen in ukraine. madeline albright called russia's view of this delusional. saying as you mentioned, those soldiers are not russian soldiers, even though in interviews we've seen reporters approach
missle defense unit. they are trying to find a solution. we have reporters on the ground in ukraine, russia, and washington this morning covering all the angles. let's begin with cnn white house correspondent. what are you hearing from the white house this morning? >> reporter: nothing this early at this point. today john kerry is going to meet with his counter part, the russian foreign minister. leaders there are expressing concern at not seeing russia at this point at the table to talk...
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her political advisor writes this -- don't be defensive. look like you want the questions. look for opportunities for humor. don't use the administration's record as your own. july, 1999, couldn't we send her the same memo today? >> words to live by really. the same advice that she got then is the same advice she can and is getting now. essentially the main take-away from that document for me was saying to her, be real. that was really what people want to see from hillary clinton. you've heard this over and over again. she did manage to achieve some of this at state. the question is whether that can translate to another campaign and we're not going to know until she is actually running. she may be acting more like a candidate. it is very different once are you actually on the campaign trail. >> sometimes when they act more like a candidate it tells you they are not going to be a candidate. the thing that's interesting about this is we've never had a candidate like this in the digital age because we've never had a first lady whose husband's records are are becoming more and
her political advisor writes this -- don't be defensive. look like you want the questions. look for opportunities for humor. don't use the administration's record as your own. july, 1999, couldn't we send her the same memo today? >> words to live by really. the same advice that she got then is the same advice she can and is getting now. essentially the main take-away from that document for me was saying to her, be real. that was really what people want to see from hillary clinton. you've...
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turns out, dick cheney having been a defense secretary, certainly knows this. turns out a lot of food stamps go to military families. i want to put up a defense department review that showed last year military families more reliant on food stamps in 2013 than any previous year. $100 million in food stamp spending in military grocery stores there. have been food stamp cuts as well. if you take his cheap attack at face value, it's wrong. number two, what's wrong with food stamps that are going to help people in need including our veterans and their families? >> there's nothing wrong with it. the other thing, nondefense discretionary spending has actually grown less under obama than defense has. i mean, people forget sequestration applies to everything else other than entitlements and obama has proposed basically that the extra $50 billion he's asked for will be split between the pentagon and all the other agencies. and, you know, even with the budget this year that, you know, hagel's budget under sequestration, that only brings us back to 2007 levels in real term
turns out, dick cheney having been a defense secretary, certainly knows this. turns out a lot of food stamps go to military families. i want to put up a defense department review that showed last year military families more reliant on food stamps in 2013 than any previous year. $100 million in food stamp spending in military grocery stores there. have been food stamp cuts as well. if you take his cheap attack at face value, it's wrong. number two, what's wrong with food stamps that are going to...
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some of the speakers from sncc or the armed self-defense organization were using very provocative rhetoric and king was trying to pull it back. he gave a beautiful speech how they could not get their guns or molotov cocktails because he had a bigger version. but he was so worn down at that point to bring it underwrote -- everyone under his arm he wondered if he could still work with these organizations like sncc. >> host: what was the other dramatic tension or several moments during the march besides philadelphia? >> guest: the other major incidents of violence was a few days later in mississippi before the end of the march. a few days after the philadelphia march. king and others petitioned the federal government to the states of mississippi is adequately protecting us we need federal protection of u.s. marshals, justice department, national guard you name it. they were essentially ignored by president johnson. he had grown alienated from the civil-rights movement you see urban riots, what, a controversy over a government report and there was day black backlash and you see groups like snc
some of the speakers from sncc or the armed self-defense organization were using very provocative rhetoric and king was trying to pull it back. he gave a beautiful speech how they could not get their guns or molotov cocktails because he had a bigger version. but he was so worn down at that point to bring it underwrote -- everyone under his arm he wondered if he could still work with these organizations like sncc. >> host: what was the other dramatic tension or several moments during the...
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they're self-defense forces. and that what they're doing in violation of international law just like the nazis were doing. >> i think if i can just clarify, actually, governor, because what she said -- i think this is quite important to make this clear, she talked about how what putin is doing now is similar to what hitler did essentially providing ethnic russians in the crimean region access back to russia and that it was destabilizing. so drawing a direct parallel of hitler's activities in doing similar things before the second world war and what's going on now with putin. >> look. i would tend to agree with secretary clinton. i don't know if i would phrase it that way. i think what is very, very necessary, despite the fact that it's not been a good week or two weeks for u.s./russian relations or for the west and russia, we need to find ways to lower the temperature, deescalate the tension. we have a lot of common issues that we need to deal with with russians. nuclear weapons in iran. we want their help in nor
they're self-defense forces. and that what they're doing in violation of international law just like the nazis were doing. >> i think if i can just clarify, actually, governor, because what she said -- i think this is quite important to make this clear, she talked about how what putin is doing now is similar to what hitler did essentially providing ethnic russians in the crimean region access back to russia and that it was destabilizing. so drawing a direct parallel of hitler's activities...
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i think we should be standing up for defense industry and defensive jobs. >> will the prime minister ended speculation over the future of the hunting act by confirming that he doesn't intend to use a statutory to repay or remember the act live removing the limits on the number of dogs that can be used? >> well, this will quite probably be a matter for the house of commons, as he will know what has happened is a group of welsh and other members of parliament have looked at a particular problem of pest control in upland areas of whales and other parts of the country. they are making a proposal. the proposal will be properly examined by the department and and and the house of commons will be able to decide. >> thank you, mr. speaker. further to my honorable friend's question and during national apprenticeships week, we should so but the fact that in the last year half a million people nearly doubled, nearly doubled the number who start in 2009-10. we shouldn't -- with the prime minister agree with me when you to do more to incentivize schools to promote apprenticeships and assume more s
i think we should be standing up for defense industry and defensive jobs. >> will the prime minister ended speculation over the future of the hunting act by confirming that he doesn't intend to use a statutory to repay or remember the act live removing the limits on the number of dogs that can be used? >> well, this will quite probably be a matter for the house of commons, as he will know what has happened is a group of welsh and other members of parliament have looked at a...
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>> every case is different but in this case, you had a lot of things going for the defense. one of the things about a famous defendant is it brings you the best of times and worst of times on the justice system. on the good side you can get the best lawyers and best experts and it doesn't hurt to be a kennedy. juries are going to give you not only a reasonable doubt but sometimes a benefit of a doubt that isn't so reasonable. >> and right, also i think everyone takes ambien and knows that's a relatable thing. i prefer ny gsquil. >> this took 20 months and required change of venue. do you think prosecutors made the right decision to pursue the case? >> i think the prosecutors are looking at this and saying look, we had no choice. she was arrested and impaired and in a condition where anybody else would have been arrested. we have to treat a famous person and the problem was it was a close case. when the defense worked it and prosecution expert witness saying yeah, you could take it and actually not know that you're impaired, when you get that kind of admission from the prosec
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decreasing a defense budget right now is not the way to be doing it. we don't even have a natural security or military strategy that has been done in the last three to four years. therefore, we don't have a baseline by which we can even determine what our true force structure should be and how we should be exercising it. >> i think most of us would look at the overall picture of the defense budget and say there's got to be waste, fraud, duplication. what is it strategic value of making cuts and if we make some, where should they be made and where should we be spending more money rather than less money? >> up front let me say that it still remains an uncertainly world out there. adversaries still get a vote in terms of where to engage, when and under certain conditions. so we still need to maintain readiness. what i would advocate for is that we make sure that we still are able to send our sons and daughters of our volunteers as you said at the top of the comments, that they go into any fight, not be a fair fight but a fight where they go in knowing the
decreasing a defense budget right now is not the way to be doing it. we don't even have a natural security or military strategy that has been done in the last three to four years. therefore, we don't have a baseline by which we can even determine what our true force structure should be and how we should be exercising it. >> i think most of us would look at the overall picture of the defense budget and say there's got to be waste, fraud, duplication. what is it strategic value of making...
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to the defense attorneys. no one will comment. they can criticize you and say fox news did shabby research and reporting, and, yet, they are absolutely clam down, they are refusing to comment. the judge did pick up the phone. the judge in the main case did pick up the telephone, but then he said i'm not involved and hung up on us and when we called back female voice on the voice mailing. >> what do you mean he is not involved? he the one that gave. >> i'm merely quoting. i'm not giving you my assessment of it. i am trying -- i'm wrestling with why indeed he would give such a light sentence. particularly in the case of. >> hegna. >> five year. awful. this is really really horrendous. destroys the girl. >> he must have had a relationship with the girl's grandmother. there was some way he got access to that girl when she was living with her grandmother in minnesota. it was only when the girl at the age of 12 moved in with her father in nearby iowa, this town in minnesota is very close to the iowa line. she leaves the grandma's house
to the defense attorneys. no one will comment. they can criticize you and say fox news did shabby research and reporting, and, yet, they are absolutely clam down, they are refusing to comment. the judge did pick up the phone. the judge in the main case did pick up the telephone, but then he said i'm not involved and hung up on us and when we called back female voice on the voice mailing. >> what do you mean he is not involved? he the one that gave. >> i'm merely quoting. i'm not...
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secretary of state, vice presidtary of defense, chairman ochiefs, treasury secretary, the white house chief of staff, the national security adviser of the president, all meeting, talking about ukraine. let's bring in our panel. george will, mara eliasson, and charles krauthammer. george, you heard the president there, a meeting that would have gotten a lot of attention with the prime minister of israel, netanyahu, talking about ukraine. what about where we are today and what he said? >> well, we are in a position of extraordinary weakness, and i'm not sure it's obama's fault. we have to avoid political scientist calls narcicisstic policy disorder. that's the belief that everything in the world happens because of something we did or didn't do or said or didn't say. if the president had gone ahead and forced his red line and bombed syria, the people of ukraine still would have gone into the streets, still probably would have toppled their president, would have provoked putin and we would have been where we are now. the question is what we can do about that? one thing we can do is talk a
secretary of state, vice presidtary of defense, chairman ochiefs, treasury secretary, the white house chief of staff, the national security adviser of the president, all meeting, talking about ukraine. let's bring in our panel. george will, mara eliasson, and charles krauthammer. george, you heard the president there, a meeting that would have gotten a lot of attention with the prime minister of israel, netanyahu, talking about ukraine. what about where we are today and what he said? >>...
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russia's defense ministry claim% the movement is purely coinciden coincidence. thobama admistration responding with what could be an ominous threat, secretary of state john kerry warned russia any military in ukraine would be a quote, grave mistake. >> russia needs to be very careful in the judgments that it makes going forward here. we are not looking for confrontation. but we are making it clear that every country should respect the territorial integri here. the sovereignty of ukraine. russia said that it would do that and wethink it's important that russia keeps its word. >> kerry's counterpart in russia fired right back. he warned the west against forcing any decions upon the interim ukrainian government. >> translator: it's dangerous and counterproductive to force upon ukraine a choice based on the principal you're either with us or against us. raine has to be a part of a global european family in the full meaning of the term. >> the crimea, the scene of fierce clashes today between pro and an-russia protesters. the opposing groups were carrying russian and
russia's defense ministry claim% the movement is purely coinciden coincidence. thobama admistration responding with what could be an ominous threat, secretary of state john kerry warned russia any military in ukraine would be a quote, grave mistake. >> russia needs to be very careful in the judgments that it makes going forward here. we are not looking for confrontation. but we are making it clear that every country should respect the territorial integri here. the sovereignty of ukraine....
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and that is why the legal defense fund is in this case." in fact, when the legal defense fund signed on as lead counsel in 2011, their press release declared -- quote -- "abu-jamal's conviction and death sentence are relics of a time and place that was notorious for police abuse and racial discrimination." end of quote. again, this is in fact a cause. it was a cause premised on the notion that this country's most notorious cop killer, mumia abu-jamal, was a victim rather than being a murderer. and the police officers and prosecutors and the entire judicial system were to blame. not the person who did the killing. at bottom, this is why the law enforcement community is so staunchly opposed to this nomination. that is why the fraternal order of police call this nomination a -- quote -- "thumb in the eye of our nation's law enforcement officers." end quote. that is why the philadelphia district attorney seth williams wrote this in her list of opposition -- in his letter of opposition -- quote -- "despite the overwhelming evidence of guilt, his
and that is why the legal defense fund is in this case." in fact, when the legal defense fund signed on as lead counsel in 2011, their press release declared -- quote -- "abu-jamal's conviction and death sentence are relics of a time and place that was notorious for police abuse and racial discrimination." end of quote. again, this is in fact a cause. it was a cause premised on the notion that this country's most notorious cop killer, mumia abu-jamal, was a victim rather than...
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he should have reinstated the nuclear defense shield and would have pushed putin back 20 yards. then they should have thrown him out of to the g . we shouldn't debate-are we going? >> maybe they're hoping -- try to give them the benefit of the doubt. marry maybe they're hoping -- the russian market drop. the ruble collapsed and many given his own bellicose talk he is hurting himself and at it going to fall on his actions. so let him implode on his own. >> maybe. maybe. possibly. could be. you're in charge. he just invaded a country that we have an obligation to protect, a country we want to bring over to the west. we don't wait for maybe, maybe, possibly could happen. that's not a leader. we act swiftly, we act decisively and we change the equation here with this man. instead of him pushing us around we push him around. that's the only thing a bully understands. someone standing up to him, getting in his face and saying you want to play this game? we're going to make life so difficult for you. >> that's what gets hits out on you. i'm hearing in your case, the mob wanted -- >> if
he should have reinstated the nuclear defense shield and would have pushed putin back 20 yards. then they should have thrown him out of to the g . we shouldn't debate-are we going? >> maybe they're hoping -- try to give them the benefit of the doubt. marry maybe they're hoping -- the russian market drop. the ruble collapsed and many given his own bellicose talk he is hurting himself and at it going to fall on his actions. so let him implode on his own. >> maybe. maybe. possibly....
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when chuck hagel was nominated to be wecht ry of defense. some of the comments about our allies in the middle east it stared the living die lights out of me. my fears were not understanded. hagel proudly announced his proposals to further execute the readiness of our nation by food productions and cults to military families k housing, too cam bylet crime. we have warned of putting our gored dawn. for to harry truman to who dangerous. in this readiness world it the bound fags of our freedom. the best military lines from mccar tour to omar brad de to david petraeus warned us to lull into thinking it would be safer and careful. frankly i don't give a rat's rear if pop nations like north korea bully nations like iran like us, matters not at all to me. i want them to know if they raise their hand against us in the next insurance dant. we fool ourselves into thinking we should protect ourselves on the street and asking for military volunteers. i am back from 11 vehicle three years of military tfr. every 18-year-old gets two years of mandatory chur
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the organization that he worked for, the naacp legal defense fund represented a man on appeal who was convicted in 1982 of killing a philadelphia police officer. that man was convicted when adigbule was just a kid. and he worked on the case for the naacp as it challenged in appeals the constitutionality of the jury's sentencing instructions. and they won. the court ruled in favor of the naacp which resulted in jamaal's death sentence being vacated. he's now serving life without parole. that single appellate representation was then transformed into the basic kind of demagoguery on fox news. >> he volunteered to help out this man, who was convicted of murdering a philadelphia police officer in cold blood. >> there's a very racial past of pushing racial politics through actions inside the law. >> this is something who represented a nonrepen tent cop killer. >> you know what you just saw, right? and that worked at least so far. somehow, one can't help but wonder if this is a standard that only applies to a civil rights lawyer, trying to head the justice department's civil rights division,
the organization that he worked for, the naacp legal defense fund represented a man on appeal who was convicted in 1982 of killing a philadelphia police officer. that man was convicted when adigbule was just a kid. and he worked on the case for the naacp as it challenged in appeals the constitutionality of the jury's sentencing instructions. and they won. the court ruled in favor of the naacp which resulted in jamaal's death sentence being vacated. he's now serving life without parole. that...
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. >> the signals that are sent to russia russian defense ministers saying russia is now planning the permanent military presence outside russia's borders including vietnam, cuba, venezuela, ni caragua singapore and other countries and back in november secretary kerry said the monroe doctrine is dead. did he just waved the flag for russian expansionism? >> that is one of many that the administration has been waving. as clap to america the monroe doctrine is not popular and tell it is needed then they want to know where the united states is of central and south america are very worried about russian participation adventurism and a return of russian military shows that putin thinks he is achieving his objective to reestablish hegemony and he goes for world power status again. no doubt. lou: i don't know what status about obama of the secretary kerry suggested the united states was rejecting the monroe doctrine because it would concern our neighbors to the south. which is the exact opposite but which is to protect the hemisphere spinet the whole point is so unnecessary. putin plays a lon
. >> the signals that are sent to russia russian defense ministers saying russia is now planning the permanent military presence outside russia's borders including vietnam, cuba, venezuela, ni caragua singapore and other countries and back in november secretary kerry said the monroe doctrine is dead. did he just waved the flag for russian expansionism? >> that is one of many that the administration has been waving. as clap to america the monroe doctrine is not popular and tell it is...
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decreasing a defense budget right now is not the way to do it. we don't even have a national security or a national military strategy done in the last three to four years. therefore, we don't have a baseline by which we can even determine what our troop force structure should be and how we should be exercising it. >> general newton, i think most of us would look at the overall picture of the defense budget and say there's got to be ways. there's fraud, abuse, duplication. as a person who served many years in the air force, what is the strategic value of making cuts, and if we make some, where should they be made and where should we be spending more money rather than less money? >> well, first, let me say it remains an uncertain world out there. adversaries or potential adversaries get a vote in terms of where to engage, when, and under certain conditions, of course, so we need to maintain readiness. what i would advocate for is that we make sure that we still are able to send our sons and daughters of our volunteers, as you said at the top of the
decreasing a defense budget right now is not the way to do it. we don't even have a national security or a national military strategy done in the last three to four years. therefore, we don't have a baseline by which we can even determine what our troop force structure should be and how we should be exercising it. >> general newton, i think most of us would look at the overall picture of the defense budget and say there's got to be ways. there's fraud, abuse, duplication. as a person who...
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meanwhile the defense military is on high alert. he claims the russian troops are blocking military bases in crimea crimea. yesterday we saw the masked gunmen in military fatigues as they took over the region's two main airport. today they added a third airport. the day before yesterday they took over the parliament. the gunmen were wearing uniforms but they had no insignias. initially they refused to identify themselves but today they're telling some journalists on the scene they're russian marines. it's divided. 60% of it is ethically russian. it's being fuel and a facilitated by the russian government. of course the russian government is blaming the situation in crimea on ukrainian extremists. they have said even the russian parliament has voted for president pew tip to essentially further stabilize the situation. this could possibly be a pretext for sending more troops into crimea, having more troops on the ground. that of course only likely to exacerbate the situation even further and push the conflict where neither side is abl
meanwhile the defense military is on high alert. he claims the russian troops are blocking military bases in crimea crimea. yesterday we saw the masked gunmen in military fatigues as they took over the region's two main airport. today they added a third airport. the day before yesterday they took over the parliament. the gunmen were wearing uniforms but they had no insignias. initially they refused to identify themselves but today they're telling some journalists on the scene they're russian...
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vladimir putin -- those were local self-defense units. those were local self-defense units. question -- how well trained are they if we compare them to the self-defense units in kiev? vladimir putin -- my dear colleague, look how well trained the people who operate in kiev were. as we all know, they were trained at special bases in neighboring states, in lithuania, poland and in ukraine itself, too. they were trained by instructors for extended periods. they were divided into dozens and hundreds. their actions were coordinated. they had good communication systems. it was all like clock work. did you see them in action? they looked very professional, like special forces. why do you think those in crimea should be any worse? in that case, can i specify it? did we take part in training crimean self-defense forces? vladimir putin -- no, we did not. and this is the same guy that the president of the united states pushed the reset button time and again with. this is the same guy that we can work with vladimir putin and my colleague from -- and former member of this body on friday,
vladimir putin -- those were local self-defense units. those were local self-defense units. question -- how well trained are they if we compare them to the self-defense units in kiev? vladimir putin -- my dear colleague, look how well trained the people who operate in kiev were. as we all know, they were trained at special bases in neighboring states, in lithuania, poland and in ukraine itself, too. they were trained by instructors for extended periods. they were divided into dozens and...
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with domestic spending increases, defense cuts and no entitle. reforms. >> his budget apparently will make no effort to address our debt and deficit. >> we'll sit down with leaders of the congressional budget committee. republican senator rob for theman and democratic congressman chris van hol en. plus, arizona governor jan brewer vetoes a bill that would protect religious freedom over gay rights. bu but other states may take up similar measures. and our power players of the week. they're making the please don't touch signs at mee seuseums a t of the past all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello from fox news in washington. we begin with a fast moving develop. in ukraine. president obama spoke with russian president putin and said the u.s. will suspend planning for the g-8 summit in sochi this summer. britain and france just joined the u.s. but putin got approval from the russian parliament to send troops into ukraine. and the russians have seized control of the crimean peninsula without firing a shot. ukraine's government says we are on the
with domestic spending increases, defense cuts and no entitle. reforms. >> his budget apparently will make no effort to address our debt and deficit. >> we'll sit down with leaders of the congressional budget committee. republican senator rob for theman and democratic congressman chris van hol en. plus, arizona governor jan brewer vetoes a bill that would protect religious freedom over gay rights. bu but other states may take up similar measures. and our power players of the week....
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so this budget by president obama guts our defense. it is the smallest army since 1940. the smallest navy since 1915 and the smallest air force in modern history. if you went into iran tomorrow to have to neutralize or stop their nuclear program, you're going to need every b-2 and f-22 you can get. the f-16 and f-18 are great planes but they're not stealth. so if you're going to modernize your military for future conflicts, this budget will not allow you to do it. the idea you're taking off what kind of wars you're going to fight assumes the enemies of our nation will agree with you. >> senator durbin, the last word to you. in fact, the "wall street journal" made much the same point as senator graham did, saying, look, the pumps of fielding a large army is to minimize the temptation for aggressi aggression. how far is too far to cut back on troops? >> well, i don't know that we can pin our national defense strategy on the irrationality of leaders in north korea because i don't know that we can ever build a national military that would deter some craziness by someone. but
so this budget by president obama guts our defense. it is the smallest army since 1940. the smallest navy since 1915 and the smallest air force in modern history. if you went into iran tomorrow to have to neutralize or stop their nuclear program, you're going to need every b-2 and f-22 you can get. the f-16 and f-18 are great planes but they're not stealth. so if you're going to modernize your military for future conflicts, this budget will not allow you to do it. the idea you're taking off...
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you call that defense?! come on! [ female announcer ] watch live tv anywhere. the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters and here are the headlines for the hour. unarmed gunman is around the airports in ukraine. plus, bill clinton's presidential library is releasing thoses of pages of documents today, including the advice and letters. >> in california, a storm is spreading and the emergency crews performing a swift rescue and a portion of the coast highway has been closed. they are tracking the storms and how much are they going to get? >> they are seeing up to 8 inches of rain in southern california and getting it in the next 24 hours and the chance of flash flooding and in addition to the mud slides. an another major story is the bitter cold. in minneapolis right now the temperatures are right at the freezing mark and with the wind blowing feeling below 17, 17 degrees below zero. we have the cold air coming down from canada. hard to believe 64 on sunday in philadelphia. 22 new york city. it
you call that defense?! come on! [ female announcer ] watch live tv anywhere. the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters and here are the headlines for the hour. unarmed gunman is around the airports in ukraine. plus, bill clinton's presidential library is releasing thoses of pages of documents today, including the advice and letters. >> in california, a storm is spreading and the emergency crews performing a...
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that's their defense. but listen, the bottom line is, they were caught off guard. >> i read an interesting report on this in the "wall street journal" today. they said, and we're going to double-check, but the "wall street journal" said the d.o.d. got it wrong, cia got to right -- got it more right than wrong. d.o.d. got it more wrong than right. there seemed to be a split between the department of defense analysis and cia's analysis. >> that's one read. i did ask someone about that and they said in actuality the two reports were not vastly different. but, you know, you read two intelligence reports, they're always going to be a little different. >> excellent point. don't go too far away. >>> up next, if sanctions are imposed against russia, how will world markets be affected? we're going to talk with the ceo of goldman sachs. lloyd blankfein here will discuss putin and russia's money. >>> and angela merkel emerges as a major player in resolving this crises. we'll take a look at the dynamic between angela
that's their defense. but listen, the bottom line is, they were caught off guard. >> i read an interesting report on this in the "wall street journal" today. they said, and we're going to double-check, but the "wall street journal" said the d.o.d. got it wrong, cia got to right -- got it more right than wrong. d.o.d. got it more wrong than right. there seemed to be a split between the department of defense analysis and cia's analysis. >> that's one read. i did...
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joining us now, defense former now. david, let me start with you. she was wearing shorts and a blacktop and prosecutors say, wait a minute, she's not sleeping in shorts and a blacktop. she was trying to run away from a man who was about to kill her. what do you think? >> that seems to be the more plausible story here. >> don't you have to know what she normally wears? >> absolutely. some people sleep in shorts. >> or nothing at all. >> i understand the prosecutors are on that. i don't think that's the greatest piece of evidence, certainly a great piece of evidence in this whole story. she's running into the bathroom and trying to get away from them, the screaming at each other and the fight and the shots. >> you get out of bed, wouldn't you know if your girlfriend is next to you when you get out of bed and you hear an intruder and if he is sincere in saying i want to protect her, wouldn't he at first determined she was next to him in bed or not and if she's not, she's at risk? >> you know, i've never been in a position where i thought there was some
joining us now, defense former now. david, let me start with you. she was wearing shorts and a blacktop and prosecutors say, wait a minute, she's not sleeping in shorts and a blacktop. she was trying to run away from a man who was about to kill her. what do you think? >> that seems to be the more plausible story here. >> don't you have to know what she normally wears? >> absolutely. some people sleep in shorts. >> or nothing at all. >> i understand the prosecutors...
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he rose to prominence while serving the naacp legal defense fund for a decade as a civil rights lawyer of tremendous acclaim defending the voting rights act in front of the supreme court not once but twice today that man was voted down because of another man he once defended. well, actually no, that's not the story. the organization that he worked for, the naacp legal defense fund, represented a man on appeal who was convicted in 1982 amid much controversy of killing a philadelphia police officer. that man, mumia abu jamal was convicted when he was just a kid and nearly 30 years later adigbele worked on the case for the naacp legal defense fund as it challenged in appeal it is constitutionality of the jury's sentencing instructions in the mumia abu jamal case. and they won. the court ruled in favor of the naacp ldf which resulted in the death sentence being vacated. he is now serving life without parole. that single appellate representation was then transformed into the basest kind of demagoguery on fox news. >> he volunteered to help out this man mumia abu jamal who was convicted of m
he rose to prominence while serving the naacp legal defense fund for a decade as a civil rights lawyer of tremendous acclaim defending the voting rights act in front of the supreme court not once but twice today that man was voted down because of another man he once defended. well, actually no, that's not the story. the organization that he worked for, the naacp legal defense fund, represented a man on appeal who was convicted in 1982 amid much controversy of killing a philadelphia police...
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he's described the soldiers as being a self-defense force over which russia has no influence. the attention today will be on a meeting of eu leaders in brussels. they have been very reluctant to back stiff sanctions against moscow. they have a lot more to lose than the u.s. they come up with a package of economic support, but have been very wary of sanctions. moscow, of course, will be watching that closely. so will washington. whether or not the latest developments from crimea concentrates minds, we'll have to see, tamron. >>> we want to take you back to the developing news out of the maryland where the cpac conference is under way. mark murray is standing by. he is in washington. mark, are you there? >> hey, tamron. >> let's talk about first of after senator mitch mcconnell. we know he will be in a big political battle in the midterm, but he walked in entered the room with a reichel in hand handing it to tom coburn and actually made a plea focusing rather than on the party, focusing on his own personal race. c'mon, give me your perspective on this. >> actually pretty good th
he's described the soldiers as being a self-defense force over which russia has no influence. the attention today will be on a meeting of eu leaders in brussels. they have been very reluctant to back stiff sanctions against moscow. they have a lot more to lose than the u.s. they come up with a package of economic support, but have been very wary of sanctions. moscow, of course, will be watching that closely. so will washington. whether or not the latest developments from crimea concentrates...
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oden lloyd here, what is the latest on his defense and this process moving forward here in this case? >> right now there's a gag order in the case. and his defense is obviously once more -- wants more documents and data from the prosecution as to what evidence they have against hernandez. that's winding its way through the court system. so far there's no trial date. there are three other defendants in the case and these people are being grilled. drips and drabs are coming out in regards to the documents, but the case against aaron hernandez are still unfolding and there are a number of court hearings that need to take place later this year and later this month and next month. there's also the question of the murder weapon. so far according to sources we have, law enforcement sources, they still have not found the murder weapon in the oden lloyd slaying. >> wow, all right, mike, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thanks a lot. >>> well, up next, a new stand-your-ground controversy in florida. a judge is, quote, reluctantly returning guns over to a blind florida man acquitted for
oden lloyd here, what is the latest on his defense and this process moving forward here in this case? >> right now there's a gag order in the case. and his defense is obviously once more -- wants more documents and data from the prosecution as to what evidence they have against hernandez. that's winding its way through the court system. so far there's no trial date. there are three other defendants in the case and these people are being grilled. drips and drabs are coming out in regards...
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how does the defense use that? >> to an american lawyer, this seems to violate the rules of discovery because you can hear the defense attorney asking him, where are these notes? why haven't we seen them yet? to an american attorney that would sound like a discovery violation right away. but in this case, you can see how with witnesses, every prior statement you make, whether to police or notes that you take down is a statement that later on if you don't testify consistently with, a defense attorney can exploit those inconsistencies. and the ultimate question is, at what point sdo do we accept some minor inconsistencies between stories sdoer it cross over to the other side where those major inconsistencies then become fatal. there's not a jury. there's a judge who is probably seen inconsistencies before and she may give them the weight that they deserve. >> now the big issue is, at this point in the trial, even though it's early and we heard from our legal expert down there, it could take many months given how many
how does the defense use that? >> to an american lawyer, this seems to violate the rules of discovery because you can hear the defense attorney asking him, where are these notes? why haven't we seen them yet? to an american attorney that would sound like a discovery violation right away. but in this case, you can see how with witnesses, every prior statement you make, whether to police or notes that you take down is a statement that later on if you don't testify consistently with, a...